the DENVER thread

yeah, i think you can definitely stumble across parts of Denver that just feel like dull office parks where no one ever goes. but a bunch of the neighborhoods (wash park, s. broadway, highlands) really have nice, classic atmospheres. and downtown is surprisingly packed with stuff these days -- tons of great restaurants, awesome places to drink beer (a big part of my job currently is this: www.denverbeerfest.com), one of the better bookstores in the world ... oh, lotsa medicinal marijuana these days too.

dunno, i think one of the main problems with the perception of Denver, is that there's not a lot of romance/mystique surrounding it. when you tell people you live/work in Denver they're like "oh ..."

oh this place is wonderful for last minute-ness.

also denver used to have more mystique, but then they tore down buckingham square!

tyler, where do you live if you work here but don't live here? this is intriguing

oh, i just live in Longmont. i originally moved to/worked in boulder, and then my wife and i wanted to buy a house, and longmont is much cheaper than boulder. and then i ended up getting a job in Denver. fortunately i work from home half of the time, so i don't have to make the commute every day.

It's definitely a place where you kind of have to know a local to find the good stuff. Lots of people come here and stay downtown, wander around LoDo and the 16th street mall and crap and that's their only impression of the city. There's a lot more. It could stand to be more interesting, but the good news is that it's getting more and more so--there's a lot of support for local music and art, the weather doesn't totally suck, and there is the world's largest hobby train shoppe on south broadway (according to its signage).

yikes, that is a long drive. so people in longmont think that denver is boring?

haha, no, i don't think people in Longmont think Denver is boring. Friends on east/west coast might think Denver is boring.

and yeah, Caboose Hobbies! Pretty rad.

well you can just brag that you're that much closer to the lyons pinball museum!

are you involved with the local art scene? another thing i'm working on now is Denver Arts Week ... I can never tell whether people think it's a cool event, or just sort of lame. i feel like they don't do a good job of really engaging with the arts community, it just ends up being "there are galleries and museums" check em out.

however, when I made Adam start this thread in 2005 I was WAY more into Denver then. When I first moved here, in 2002 it was amazing. It was dirt cheap (I shared an apartment and my rent was $200/month) and there were all sorts of interesting things going on. I am sure there are interesting things still going on, but I'm just older and more into staying home and grumping around.

Another thing is that it's very easy to meet people here. Folks are interested in getting to know you. I definitely hear from friends who have moved to other places that they miss that about Denver.

the AV Club is hiring for a Denver/Boulder City Editor:

http://www.avclub.com/denver/articles/av-club-job-alert-city-editor-in-denverboulder,45116/

ha! maybe I'll apply. i used to write quite a bit for them. don't know if i'd actually like doing it though. (not that I'm terribly qualified.)

Since when would being terribly qualified matter? If you're funny like O'neal, you can rise from being a city editor to Head Newswire Editors and Deliverer of Snark, to the point where people complain when you're not doing Newswire updates

These things may be entirely my imagination, and I have no idea if the people I saw were even Denverites, but I was in Denver's airport last night (on the way from Philadelphia to Albuquerque) and I don't think I've ever seen so many guys striding around like cowboys. It's like there really is this macho thing going on that is totally not the urban sort of macho I'm used to, more ranch macho. I also swear I have never had so many women looking at me with appreciation at one time (not counting when I dance, when women who otherwise would never notice me suddenly start smiling at me). Is the male-to-female ratio really that tough there? But as I say, it could just be my imagination or at least the filters I had on regarding Denver. Plus I was just exhausted and desperate to get home.

My impressions of Denver based on lots of prejudice plus about two and a half hours spent in the airport. . .

tylerw you should apply for certain

HEY
DENVERITES

ANYONE KNOW OF A FURNISHED APARTMENT OR BEDROOM IN A SHARED HOME/APARTMENT AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ONLY?

i find it v v odd that there is no one from denver on ilx

hmm i can't help you out with that. but since this is the DENVER thread, some of my friends from westword just started a "podcast" called the Denver Diatribe: http://denverdiatribe.wordpress.com/
it's good!

yr in longmont right tyler? i cant remember

J0hn D1ck3r is my homeboy.

I might know some people looking for a short-term roommate, but they'd be pretty annoying, younger radio1190 kids.

o yeah? i dont know john too well, but we have many many mutual friends.
i am in longmont, yes. but i'll be in denver this afternoon for what promises to be a horrible meeting. :D
in other denver news: i'm not going, but dudes from my old band are doing a GBV tribute set at the 404 Club tomorrow. i think a replacements cover band is playing too. so it'll be drunk at least.

kate78 that is fine!!!! my friend from alaska wants to move to denver for a couple of months.

404 is doing lots of shows lately; went to one last weekend that was super fun! my friend andrew is going to be playing in his band tonight at the Lion's Lair - its something called FRANKSGIVING

Come celebrate the 15th Annual Celebration of Frank Bell not kicking the bucket from Crohn's disease with special guests Rockabilly Madman Ralph Gean, Get Your Going! and LITTLE FYODOR!!! Free franks, the official foodstuff of Franksgiving!!! Donation bucket for Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America! $5, cheap!!

Actually copying and pasting that is kinda making me sad that I agreed to go. Rockabilly Madman? :/ :/ :/ Oh well at least it's for a good cause.

Also Bad Weather California is playing tomorrow night at Rhinoceropolis with Royal Baths and the Fresh & Onlys (3553 Brighton Blvd)

I am pretending as if someone might find the above info useful

i like the lion's lair, we played there a couple of times. i've seen bad weather california once or twice, they're good. i've sorta stopped going to local shows in denver since we had a baby, though.

apparently this is THE place to be for the impending pole shift of 2012. bring on the apocalypse!

solar flare doom at DIA.

minus 14.1 deg F is ridiculous. that is all.

cosign. high of 9F.

tomorrow warms up to a balmy high of 14F.

yes, but what was the temp 4 days ago? Like, 64?

yeah, it was pretty warm when we got here -- even yesterday, when snow was falling, it wasn't so cold. it will warm up again starting thursday.

so i totally wrote this book ... about Denver
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lAmWiuM7L._SS500_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/WonderDads-Denver-Activities-Restaurants-Adventures/dp/1935153544/ref=sr_1_23?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297714594&sr=1-23

tyler thats cool, i didn't know about it til now. i plan to buy!

meanwhile, it's like end times weather shit happening at 18th and Cali.

bought it tyler.

bway is fender deep in black water, and 19th is a river!

I just had to fjord the river

hope youre intact. about to go get on the bike.

yup, I got home just fine!

is anyone in DENVER going to the TITWRENCH FESTIVAL?

OR, OHSHIT THE 'TIL DEATH' VENDETTA GOTH FEST IN AUGUST HEHEHE

*bundling up, preparing shovel*

15-18 inches expected. I wonder, should I shovel once or twice?

SNOW DAY

is this thread ever going to take off?

I'm a Boulderite. Well, actually I'm from the east coast, but I moved out here for a job and to be close to the mountains. Denver has been winning me over lately. I doubt I'd move down there, but I've had a great time.

I saw Snake Rattle Rattle Snake at the Hi Dive. They were pretty enjoyable. Certainly better than the options in Boulder: madolines or bad electronica.

hmmm. This thread should take off! I'm a Denver-person too. I suppose we could talk more about Denvery/Bouldery things itt. I'm not usually comfortable putting myself out there like this but w/e it's ilx: I play in a band called Saturn Cowboys, we do kind of rock stuff that maybe somebody out there might be into. http://saturncowboys.bandcamp.com/ <--- I like to think of this as our 'ambitious but flawed first album'

So, we're playing a show on March 24 at Lion's Lair with Bonnie and the Beard & Tin Horn Prayer, both excellent bands, + we'll be releasing the above album as a CD there. If anyone wants to come and say hey, lemme know!

playing in denver on june 8th! at unit e. solo electronic stuff, possibly with drums if i can borrow some there.

man, unit e. has really taken off. i wasn't even aware of other DIY venues around town aside from Rhino & BlastOMat

i'll be there! i look vaguely like a "nathan fillion + the werewolf from twilight hybrid" according to a guy at the bar last night